It is better to live rich than to die rich.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
-
-
There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
The true art of memory is the art of attention.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
SAMUEL JOHNSON